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environmental safety. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 25(8):7287–7298. https://doi.org/10.1007/
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(PSW): a review. Waste Manag 29(10):2625–2643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2009.06.
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Almeida S, Raposo A, Almeida Gonzalez M, Carrascosa C (2018) Bisphenol a: food exposure and
impact on human health. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 17(6):1503–1517. https://doi.org/10.
1111/1541-4337.12388
Alomar C, Deudero S (2017) Evidence of microplastic ingestion in the shark Galeus melastomus
Rafinesque, 1810 in the continental shelf off the western Mediterranean Sea. Environ Pollut
223:223–229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.015
Andrady AL (2017) The plastic in microplastics: a review. Mar Pollut Bull 119(1):12–22. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.082
Auta HS, Emenike CU, Fauziah SH (2017) Distribution and importance of microplastics in the
marine environment: a review of the sources, fate, effects, and potential solutions. Environ Int
102:165–176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2017.02.013
Barboza LGA, Cózar A, Gimenez BCG, Barros TL, Kershaw PJ, Guilhermino L (2019)
Macroplastics pollution in the marine environment. In: World seas: an environmental evaluation. Academic, Cambridge, MA, pp 305–328. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-805052-1.
00019-x
Barnes DK (2005) Remote islands reveal rapid rise of southern hemisphere, sea debris.
ScientificWorldJournal 5:915–921. https://doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2005.120
Beaumont NJ, Aanesen M, Austen MC, Börger T, Clark JR, Cole M, Hooper T, Lindeque PK,
Pascoe C, Wyles KJ (2019) Global ecological, social and economic impacts of marine plastic. J
Mar Pollut Bull 142:189–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.03.022
Benjamin S, Pradeep S, Josh MS, Kumar S, Masai E (2015) A monograph on the remediation of
hazardous phthalates. J Hazard Mater 298:58–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.05.
004
Bergami E, Bocci E, Vannuccini ML, Monopoli M, Salvati A, Dawson KA, Corsi I (2016) Nanosized polystyrene affects feeding, behavior and physiology of brine shrimp Artemia franciscana
larvae. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 123:18–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.09.021
Besseling E, Wang B, Lurling M, Koelmans AA (2014) Nanoplastic affects growth of S. obliquus
and reproduction of D. magna. Environ Sci Technol 48(20):12336–12343. https://doi.org/10.
1021/es503001d
Booth AM, Hansen BH, Frenzel M, Johnsen H, Altin D (2016) Uptake and toxicity of
methylmethacrylate-based nanoplastic particles in aquatic organisms. Environ Toxicol Chem
35(7):1641–1649. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.3076
Brems A, Baeyens J, Dewil R (2012) Recycling and recovery of post-consumer plastic solid waste
in a European context. Therm Sci 16(3):669–685. https://doi.org/10.2298/Tsci120111121b
Brown J, Macfadyen G (2007) Ghost fishing in European waters: impacts and management
responses. Mar Policy 31(4):488–504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2006.10.007
Carbery M, O'Connor W, Thavamani P (2018) Trophic transfer of microplastics and mixed
contaminants in the marine food web and implications for human health. Environ Int
115:400–409. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.03.007
Chalmin P (2019) The history of plastics: from the Capitol to the Tarpeian Rock. J Field Actions
Science Reports. J Field Actions (Special Issue 19), 6–11, http://journals.openedition.org/
factsreports/5071
Clark JH, Aguado J, Serrano DP (1999) Introduction. In: Feedstock recycling of plastic wastes, pp
1–29. The Royal Society of Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1039/9781847550804-00001
2 Identification and Remediation of Plastics as Water Contaminant
83